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Also a u.s. editor for "financials time" and a legal analyst with us. start with the good-bye gift house republicans have given to president trump on their way out as they prepare to turn over control of the house to democrats. sending subpoenas to former fbi director james comey and former attorney general loretta lynch advising them they will have to answer questioned in a closed door session into e-mails by hillary clintons e-mails. despite the department of justices inspector general in a le...

In office. wed have to litigate it. we dont definitively know the answer but i think mueller wins this one, aaron. >> in sort of a last act before they lose control of the house, republicans want the former fbi director james comey and former attorney general loretta lynch to testify behind closed doors about hillary clintons e-mails. is there any significance in your mind to the timing of these subpoenas? >> well, clearly house republicans want to get this done before theyre in the minority sta...

They sort of came to light during the course of the week as james comey tweeted about it happening and then you had bob good releasing those subpoenas to the public yesterday. what does it say to you that this is happening now? we can do the math, we have not even ten days between when the subpoena would happen and when things -- >> now is the time to get to the bottom of the clinton investigation, right? come on. >> again. >> lets revisit it and then go back to benghazi after that, right? so th...

Watergate and sam nun and so we could get who is telling the truth and who is not. and then we could make a decision. here this closed door selective leaking, comey is right. its just not democratic. >> and we might be getting some open hearings coming soon. well see if some of these witnesses cooperate. >> be careful what we wish for. >> exactly. thank you all of you and happy holidays. well be back with more news in just a moment. ansplant, it could cost you your life. its time to get out of l...

We have a tweet from james comey where he says, thanks but no thanks. he said he is happy to answer questions but i will resist a closed door thing because of their leaking and distortion. can he do that? say, no thanks, i will wait for a public hearing? >> i dont think he has a right to control the way congress operates and conducts their hearings. the courts have given wide discretion to congress to issue subpoenas, and on the other hand, we have a lame duck congress which is sitting for about...

That. what do you -- what do you make of that, laura, why do you think this is happening now? i mean, i cant imagine this is going to happen and then january comes and the democrats are going to take a break. >> yeah. this is their last gas to try to go after this idea of doj, fbi impropriety during the 2016 election, the lead up to the russia investigation. they have been at this for a long time. its a last-ditch effort when the house takes over by the democrats come january, this is going nowh...

Mueller report to hit. the republican chairman of the committee, bob goodlatte, who has been investigating the fbis action in the 2016 campaign, he wants james comey and also former attorney general, loretta lynch before his committee on december 3 and 4. and he has subpoenaed for them to appear behind closed doors in private. james comey making it very clear, very quickly, that he is willing to appear, but only if it is done in public. he is concerned about leaks if he testifies privately with ...

Comey tweeted this morning confirming this a pita saying "i will resist a closed-door thing because ive seen enough of their selective leaking and distortion." lets invite a hearing and invite everyone to see." adding "mr. comey embraces and welcomes a hearing open to the public." it represents an abuse of process, a divergence from house rules and its presumption of transparency. republicans have wanted to talk to comey and lynch to determine if there was any anti-trump bias that affected their...

Thing because ive seen enough of their selective leaking and distortion. lets have a hearing and invite everyone to see. there is disagreement whether the hearing should be public, democrats want open session but republicans including the chairman of the committee say the session must be private to protect the integrity of the questioning. and attorney for comey say it is a stunt, abuse of power to support a false narrative. as republican control of the house judiciary committee is winding down ...

>> the subpoenas, too much or appropriate? >> possibly its futile. i dont think its going to happen. its a last ditch effort by republicans before they lose the chairmanship to try to get them to come in. and comey always has a way to make this some sort of a p.r. thing. if you are not paying attention to this day-to-day and you see comey says, ill come and testify, i wanted to be open so there is no leaking, thats actually a pretty decent message for him. >> even though he did leak himself -- s...